Current Events that Relate to History
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Comparison
The Original Angry Populist
They say there’s never been a man like Donald Trump in American politics. But there was—and we should learn from him. Look back to early-20th-century Georgia.Slate -
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The Christian Nationalism at the Heart of Jim Crow America
The Trump campaign is signaling that it intends to make the U.S. a "Christian nation." Here's what that idea looked like in history.Made By History -
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A Hundred-and-Nineteen-Year-Old Book That Explains Eric Adams
A collection of political sermons attributed to a crooked machine boss is a handy reference for New York City’s current political chaos.The New Yorker -
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Anthony Bourdain on the Life and Legacy of a Truly Infamous Cook: Typhoid Mary
“Mary Mallon was a cook. And her story, first and foremost, is the story of a cook.”Literary Hub -
Book Review
The Forgotten War that Made America
The overlooked Creek War set the tone for America to come.The American Conservative -
Retrieval
The Muslim Thinker Who Inspired Reagan
How Ibn Khaldun influenced the president and a generation of conservative tax policy.The Dispatch -
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America's Pastime
Histories of big league baseball, from the achievements of the players to the culture of the stands to the stories and traditions we pass down.
From the HNN Archive
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The Forebears of JD Vance and the New Right
Revisiting the Agrarian-Distributists and their fabrication of an American past. -
Overexposed
What happened to privacy when Americans gained easy access to cameras in the Gilded Age? -
An Early Case of Impostor Syndrome
Why were so many medieval books laden with self-deprecation? Blame genre conventions. -
Why Does American History Feel Like Ancient History to High School Students?
An argument for returning the recent past, and the history of modern conservatism, to classrooms. -
The Bowl Truth
On Joan of Arc’s much-maligned and forgotten haircut. -
Regency Sex Ed
How did women in 19th-century Europe learn about the birds and the bees?